Ms Edel McGinley:

To follow up on that point, right now we feel that it is a form of institutional racism. We do not provide the services that people need. Equally, it would not be that difficult to introduce a State accreditation system. People train for years to be interpreters. It is a very skilled job to interpret professionally for people. That needs to be recognised. There are so many very important services that people use such as health, the judicial system or taking a case to the Workplace Relations Commission. These are very important things that people must navigate. We do need that system. Such a skills and accreditation system could probably come under the role of the Department of Education and that ministerial competency. It could be part of the qualifications framework that we have. It is important that people have a particular qualification or experience in the area.

I believe that Senator Keogan's question referred to unaccompanied minors rather than undocumented children. The Migrants Rights Centre Ireland works predominantly with children who are born to parents who are undocumented or who came with their parents who are not undocumented. We do not necessarily work with unaccompanied minors, so I do not have figures for those numbers, unless somebody else may have them. I understand that if those children are unaccompanied and under the age of 18, they go into the care of Tusla. Depending on their age when they arrive there will be different tracks with regard to foster care or State care. I do not have extensive knowledge on that.